THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PRESTON, READSHAW, REED, ROSS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STABACK, VULAKOVICH, WHEATLEY, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 16, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 16, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Congratulating the Jeannette High School Girls Basketball Team

for winning the 2009-2010 Western Pennsylvania

Interscholastic Athletic League Class AA championship.

WHEREAS, On March 6, 2010, the Jeannette High School Girls

Basketball Team defeated the Seton-La Salle Catholic High School

Rebels by a score of 39-36 to become the 2009-2010 Western

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Class AA

champions; and

WHEREAS, In scoring this victory over its worthy rivals in

the championship game, the Jeannette High School Girls

Basketball Team achieved its first-ever WPIAL title; and 

WHEREAS, Led by Head Coach Janine Vertacnik, the Jeannette

Lady Jayhawks repeatedly dominated their opponents this season,

defeating numerous teams by 30 points or more; and

WHEREAS, In January 2010, the Jayhawks girls basketball team

drew the first sellout crowd in the history of its program,

which reflected its growing record of wins that made the Lady

Jayhawks the team-to-beat; and

WHEREAS, On the road to its 24 victories, with only two

losses, Coach Vertacnik attributed the team's success to its

hard work and to players enthusiastically cooperating with her

system; and

WHEREAS, This championship victory required a complete team

effort, with the team playing great defense and supporting each

other on offense, as the Lady Jayhawks rallied from behind to

win the game in the final minutes of the fourth quarter; and

WHEREAS, Coach Vertacnik displayed an effective rapport with

her team, having coached a number of the same players for

several years, which contributed to a winning team chemistry;

and

WHEREAS, Throughout the season, the Lady Jayhawks

demonstrated good sportsmanship, determination and an impressive

team spirit, reflecting their commitment to each other, their

school and their fellow students and becoming a source of

community pride; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the

Jeannette High School Girls Basketball Team for winning the

2009-2010 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

Class AA championship.